Genesis 11:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Therefore it was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:20

These are the descendants of Ham, by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations.

Genesis 10:25

To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

Genesis 10:5

From these the coastland peoples spread. These are the descendants of Japheth in their lands, with their own language, by their families, in their nations.

Psalm 55:9

Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

Acts 17:26

From one ancestor he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,

1 Corinthians 14:23

If, therefore, the entire church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?